Walter Scott
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1
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MINISTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER:
CONSISTING OF HISTORICAL AND ROMANTIC BALLADS, COLLECTED IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF SCOTLAND; WITH A FEW OF MODERN DATE, FOUNDED UPON LOCAL TRADITION.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I
The songs, to savage virtue dear, That won of yore the public ear, Ere Polity, sedate and sage, Had quench'd the fires of feudal rage. —WARTON.
1806.
TO HIS GRACE, HENRY, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, &c.&c.&c. THESE TALES, WHICH IN ELDER TIMES HAVE CELEBRATED THE PROWESS, AND CHEERED THE HALLS, OF HIS GALLANT ANCESTORS, ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,
TO HIS GRACE, HENRY, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, &c.&c.&c. THESE TALES, WHICH IN ELDER TIMES HAVE CELEBRATED THE PROWESS, AND CHEERED THE HALLS, OF HIS GALLANT ANCESTORS, ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,
WALTER SCOTT.
1806.
TO HIS GRACE, HENRY, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, &c.&c.&c. THESE TALES, WHICH IN ELDER TIMES HAVE CELEBRATED THE PROWESS, AND CHEERED THE HALLS, OF HIS GALLANT ANCESTORS, ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,
TO HIS GRACE, HENRY, DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, &c.&c.&c. THESE TALES, WHICH IN ELDER TIMES HAVE CELEBRATED THE PROWESS, AND CHEERED THE HALLS, OF HIS GALLANT ANCESTORS, ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS GRACE'S MUCH OBLIGED AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT,
WALTER SCOTT.
CONTENTS TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
INTRODUCTION.
APPENDIX. No. I.
APPENDIX, No. II.
HISTORY OF GEORDIE BOURNE.
HISTORY OF GEORDIE BOURNE.
APPENDIX, No. III.
MAITLAND'S COMPLAYNT AGANIS THE THIEVIS OF LIDDISDAIL, FROM PINKERTON'S EDITION, COLLATED WITH A MS. OF MAITLAND'S POEMS, IN THE LIBRARY OF EDINBURGH COLLEGE.
MAITLAND'S COMPLAYNT AGANIS THE THIEVIS OF LIDDISDAIL, FROM PINKERTON'S EDITION, COLLATED WITH A MS. OF MAITLAND'S POEMS, IN THE LIBRARY OF EDINBURGH COLLEGE.
APPENDIX, No. IV.
BOND OF ALLIANCE, OR FEUD STAUNCHING, BETWIXT THE CLANS OF SCOTT AND KER.
BOND OF ALLIANCE, OR FEUD STAUNCHING, BETWIXT THE CLANS OF SCOTT AND KER.
APPENDIX, No. V.
ANE INTERLUDE OF THE LAYING OF A GAIST.
ANE INTERLUDE OF THE LAYING OF A GAIST.
APPENDIX, No. VI.
SUPPLEMENTAL STANZAS TO COLLINS'S ODE ON THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS.
BY
WILLIAM ERSKINE, ESQ. ADVOCATE.
BY
WILLIAM ERSKINE, ESQ. ADVOCATE.
SUPPLEMENTAL STANZAS TO COLLINS'S ODE ON THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS.
BY
WILLIAM ERSKINE, ESQ. ADVOCATE.
BY
WILLIAM ERSKINE, ESQ. ADVOCATE.
MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER.
PART FIRST.
HISTORICAL BALLADS.
SIR PATRICK SPENS.
SIR PATRICK SPENS.
NOTES ON SIR PATRICK SPENS.
SIR PATRICK SPENS.
NOTES ON SIR PATRICK SPENS.
AULD MAITLAND.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
AULD MAITLAND.
NOTES ON AULD MAITLAND.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
AULD MAITLAND.
NOTES ON AULD MAITLAND.
BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
THE SCOTTISH EDITION.
BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
NOTES ON THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
THE SCOTTISH EDITION.
BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
NOTES ON THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
THE SANG OF THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
THE SANG OF THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
NOTES ON THE SANG OF THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
THE SANG OF THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
NOTES ON THE SANG OF THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
JOHNIE ARMSTRANG.
JOHNIE ARMSTRANG
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BALLAD OF JOHNIE ARMSTRANG.
BOND OF MANRENT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
JOHNIE ARMSTRANG
SUPPLEMENT TO THE BALLAD OF JOHNIE ARMSTRANG.
BOND OF MANRENT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
THE LOCHMABEN HARPER.
NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.
NOTES ON THE LOCHMABEN HARPER.
JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD.
NOTES ON JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD.
NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.
NOTES ON THE LOCHMABEN HARPER.
JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD.
NOTES ON JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD.
THE RAID OF THE REIDSWIRE.
THE RAID OF THE REIDSWIRE.
NOTES ON THE RAID OF THE REIDSWIRE.
THE RAID OF THE REIDSWIRE.
NOTES ON THE RAID OF THE REIDSWIRE.
KINMONT WILLIE
KINMONT WILLIE.
NOTES ON KINMONT WILLIE.
KINMONT WILLIE.
NOTES ON KINMONT WILLIE.
DICK O' THE COW.
DICK O' THE COW.
NOTES ON DICK O' THE COW.
DICK O' THE COW.
NOTES ON DICK O' THE COW.
JOCK O' THE SIDE.
JOCK O' THE SIDE.
JOCK O' THE SIDE.
HOBBIE NOBLE.
HOBBIE NOBLE.
NOTES ON HOBBIE NOBLE.
HOBBIE NOBLE.
NOTES ON HOBBIE NOBLE.
ARCHIE OF CA'FIELD.
ARCHIE OF CA'FIELD.
ARCHIE OF CA'FIELD.
ARMSTRONG'S GOODNIGHT.
THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
AN ANCIENT BORDER GATHERING SONG FROM TRADITION.
THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
NOTES ON THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
AN ANCIENT BORDER GATHERING SONG FROM TRADITION.
THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
NOTES ON THE FRAY OF SUPORT.
LORD MAXWELL'S GOODNIGHT.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
LORD MAXWELL'S GOODNIGHT.
NOTES ON LORD MAXWELL'S GOODNIGHT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
LORD MAXWELL'S GOODNIGHT.
NOTES ON LORD MAXWELL'S GOODNIGHT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
BOND OF MANRENT.
THE LADS OF WAMPHRAY.
THE LADS OF WAMPHRAY.
THE LADS OF WAMPHRAY.
THE END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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